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The article describes transient global amnesia (TGA), a loss of short-term memory. TGA is usually a one-time event, usually occurs in people over 50 years of age, and is caused by strenuous activity — frequently sex. TGA appears to have some link with migraines and headaches.

So that old “Not tonight, dear, I have a headache” excuse just might be legitimate.

PS: I wasn’t sure which category(ies) to assign to this post. I settled on 1) “Entertainment,” because sex can be quite entertaining; and 2) “Oops” seemed like the other obvious choice.

Once on Bainbridge, we walked from the ferry terminal down along Winslow Way West.

Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day from this hip dude:

We ate lunch at Emmy’s VegeHouse, a little shack at 100 Winslow Way West. Emmy’s menu is completely vegan. K, who is not vegan or vegetarian and doesn’t like fake meats, had soft tofu with veggies (item S6 on the menu). I don’t usually like soft tofu, but K offered to let me try it, so I did. The soft tofu that Emmy’s uses was fresh and delicious. I had the “chicken” (wheat gluten) with veggies (item S7). Tasty food at a reasonable price.

Then we wandered around a bit more on our way back to the ferry dock.

I took a few bike-related photos for The Boyfriend.

The Bainbridge Island Bike Barn, located right by the ferry terminal, provides lockers and bike hooks for commuters:

The Chilly Hilly, Cascade Bicycle Club’s annual ride to get bikers in gear for biking season, was yesterday (Feb. 22, 2009):

The B.I.Cycle Shop is located at 124 Bjune Drive SE:

The Seattle skyline, as seen from the ferry heading back to Seattle:

And this last image has nothing to do with Bainbridge. This is the Pioneer Building at 1st Ave. and Yesler Way.

Back downtown, I waited for the bus at a stop near here. I’ve always liked the different exterior colors and textures of this building.

The Boyfriend, our friend Selena, and I spent a couple of hours with comedian/actor extraordinaire, Eddie Izzard … and several hundred other people. Eddie was in Seattle performing his “Work in Progress” show at Bagley Wright Theatre in Seattle Repertory Theatre at Seattle Center.

Eddie’s standup routines are hilariously original, with historical and observational humor, philosophical bits, current events, and more. Tonight’s gig covered America’s Revolutionary War, religion, speedboats, and spiders, among other topics; bees and jam were also mentioned. Eddie did some improv, too, when he was dive-bombed by a rude, non-ticketholding housefly (theatrefly?). Final score: Eddie, 1; fly, death.

Unlike many other comedians, Eddie does not do unoriginal, tired, stereotypical crap about relationships. I have 5 DVDs and 6 CDs* of Eddie’s standups routines, and I crack up every time I watch or listen to him. (*Circle, Definite Article, Dress to Kill, Unrepeatable, and Glorious on both DVD and CD, plus Sexie on CD.)

Bees make honey. Wait a minute, bees make honey? Do earwigs make chutney? Do spiders make gravy?

I took a bunch of photos with my cell phone camera. They all turned out badly. The Boyfriend also took pictures; his turned out a little better.

About 5 minutes before show time:
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You can feel the audience quivering with anticipation, can’t you? When Eddie came on stage, the crowd roared with approval and enthusiasm.

Here’s my “best” picture of Eddie (and that’s not saying much), highly color-saturated:
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You can tell it’s him, right?

And here’s one The Boyfriend (TB) took:
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Probably more identifiably Eddie than my photo is.

If only we had known that Seattle Rep doesn’t have security checkpoints and doesn’t search purses, we would have brought our digital cameras and the quality of our pictures would be much better. Now we know for next time. And there probably will be a next time–in Seattle, at least, if not at the Rep. One of TB’s co-workers saw Eddie at the Moore Theatre a few years ago.

And … a couple(?) of months ago, Selena and I both sent e-mail to Eddie (via the “contact us” page on his Web site), begging him to come to Seattle. That seems to have worked very well, so I followed up with a thank you and an invitation to return:

Dear Eddie,

Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable show in Seattle on Saturday, August 11th! On behalf of the entire audience … nay, on behalf of the entire city … we apologize for the fly. We think his name was Jeff and he was upset that bees and spiders usually get more attention in your shows, and he dive-bombed you out of spite. We’re glad the little b*****d died.

Again — thank you, thank you, thank you, and please come back to Seattle soon.

Love,
[Steve]